I am a very fortunate teacher that gets to work with over 500 students teaching Japanese at Clovis Grove Elementary School. Here is some information about me, by the numbers:
26
The number of years I have been a World Language Teacher
22
The number of years that I have been teaching Japanese at Clovis Grove
522
The number of students I teach Japanese to at Clovis Grove Elementary School
3
The number of levels that I have taught Japanese or French at (elementary school, high school, university)
6
The number of grade levels I teach at Clovis Grove this year (K-5)
19
The number of times I have been to Japan
26
The number of countries I have traveled to in my lifetime (for work, study and vacation)
4
The number of continents I have been on (I'd like to get to all of them in my lifetime)
3
The number of languages I speak (English, French and Japanese)
2
The number of foreign countries I have lived/studied in for more than a year (Japan during high school and France during college)
I have many "favorites" from Japan.
Here are my top 10:
Melon Pan (delicious, sweet melon flavored bread)
Japanese Erasers
Peach water
Kokeshi Dolls
Trains
Rice (especially in "oyakodon"---Chicken and egg rice bowl)
おやこどんOyakodon
Kimono patterns and cloth
Papers and stationary
Hydrangeas
Tonari no Totoro---My Neighbor Totoro: My all time favorite movie from Japan. Once you watch it, you'll fall in love with the "catbus"!
I have many "favorites" from Japan.
Here are my top 10: